Carmody back to work at QCAT on Monday

Chief Justice Tim Carmody will return to judicial work on Monday by sitting as the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal president.

Justice Carmody was scheduled to return from extended sick leave after taking time off for a back problem.

But uncertainty still reigned as to whether or not he'd return to the work after entering negotiations with the government to resign amid escalating tensions with other judges.

Acting Premier Curtis Pitt even confessed he didn't know the state of play on Sunday morning.

"That is still not something that I'm 100 per cent aware of - I will be speaking with the attorney-general (Yvette D'Ath) later today and will find out an update in terms of the chief justice's movements," he said in Brisbane.

"Matters regarding the chief justice's movement and leave are matters for the attorney-general."

"She's having those direct conversations with him."

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But a spokesman for the attorney-general's office confirmed Justice Carmody would sit as the president of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal and it was not unusual for a chief justice to fulfil this task.

He also said negotiations about the terms of his departure were ongoing and confidential.

It's understood Ms D'Ath has been negotiating the terms of Justice Carmody's resignation since April.

Speculation he would eventually depart from the role was set off in March when retiring Supreme Court justice Alan Wilson used a valedictory address to level allegations of verbal abuse and improper conduct at his former boss.

The crisis deepened further when emails made publicly available showed Court of Appeal president Margaret McMurdo refused to sit on a bench with Justice Carmody again.